Oakridge voters approve $8.6 million bond proposal

Voters in the Oakridge school district have approved an $8.6 million bond proposal that includes a large addition to Oakridge Lower Elementary School.

Unofficial results were 1,339 yes to 1,129 no, according to Superintendent Tom Livezey, who watched results come in at Egelston Township Hall.

"Good people do good things," Livezey said. "This proves we have good people in this community."

The 31,000-square-foot addition at the lower elementary will allow the district to get rid of seven portable classrooms and move pre-schoolers and kindergartners from the community education center at the former Carr School.

The bond proposal also will pay for building improvements at the other schools, security access at building entrances and replacement of computers and classroom technology.

The proposal will not increase the millage, but will extend the current 7 mills for 12 additional years, until 2040.